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South Jersey Man, 23, Shot Dead Leaving Wawa South Jersey Man, 23, Shot Dead Leaving Wawa
South Jersey Man, 23, Shot Dead Leaving Wawa A 23-year-old man was fatally shot outside a South Jersey Wawa, authorities said. Luis Rivera of Pine Street in Vineland died as a result of gunshot wounds he sustained while leaving the Wawa on Park Avenue and Delsea Drive late Thursday, according to Cumberland County Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae. Bro just sitting here alone thinking you gave no one a last farewell either said goodbye you were gone before we knew it... Posted by AngiChompy Gomez on Friday, January 14, 2022 Based upon evidence recovered by investigators thus far, this does not appear to be a random act, she said. Thi…

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by Jon Craig
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19-Year-Old NJ Wawa Worker Saves Customer's Life 19-Year-Old NJ Wawa Worker Saves Customer's Life
19-Year-Old NJ Wawa Worker Saves Customer's Life A 19-year-old South Jersey Wawa employee is credited with saving the life of a customer having a medical episode. A routine day of making sandwiches on a 16-hour shift turned into a very memorable one for John Wallop. On Dec. 17, the high school senior was making sandwiches when he was flagged down by two strangers saying a woman was having a seizure in the bathroom at the Millville Wawa, 6abc reports. Wallop ran into the bathroom. "She, you know, passed away on me for a second," he said, according to 6ABC News. "You know, she died on me for a second." Wallop performed CPR until the …

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by Jon Craig
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Foul Play? 2 PA Men Missing For Months After Trip To NJ Foul Play? 2 PA Men Missing For Months After Trip To NJ
Foul Play? 2 PA Men Missing For Months After Trip To NJ Authorities in Pennsylvania are seeking the public's help in locating two coworkers who were last seen on a trip to New Jersey, and police believe foul play played a factor. Matthew James Branning, 50, of Sellersville, and Michael Allen Stark, 47, of Royersford, worked together at Enchlor, Inc. in Silverdale Borough. One day in October, both stopped showing up for work, Bucks County District Attorney Matt Weintraub said. "I don't believe in coincidence," Weintraub told NBC10. "So candidly, we suspect foul play. Nobody quit the job. They just stopped appearing. It's like they ceased to exi…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Wawa To Break Ground In Sussex County Wawa To Break Ground In Sussex County
Wawa To Break Ground In Sussex County Wawa will be breaking ground in Sussex County on Dec. 10 for the opening of their newest location, NJ Advance Media reports. A groundbreaking ceremony for the new Wawa will happen at 10 a.m. at the intersection of Route 15 and Route 206 in Frankford Township. The store will occupy the former space of The Chatterbox, an iconic New Jersey drive-in restaurant that shut down three years ago and was demolished in March 2021. The latest location for the convenience chain will be the first Wawa in Sussex County. It is expected to open in the summer of 2022 Wawa has seen a massive expansion o…

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by Joe Gomez
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Another Wawa Opens In NJ & More On The Way Another Wawa Opens In NJ & More On The Way
Another Wawa Opens In NJ & More On The Way After years of planning, a long-awaited New Jersey Wawa store is hours away from opening its doors. The Plainfield location will open at 1470 South Ave., at 8 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 3, NJ.com reports. Free T-shirts will be given to the first 100 customers, and all customers will get free coffee through Sunday, Dec. 5. The property sold last October for $8.8 million, according to the Kislak Company. The property includes 5,051 square feet of newly-constructed retail space on 1.71 acres and a triple net ground lease with Wawa that includes an initial 20-year term, multiple renewal opt…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Free Coffee? Wawa Opens New Store, Gas Pumps In South Jersey Free Coffee? Wawa Opens New Store, Gas Pumps In South Jersey
Free Coffee? Wawa Opens New Store, Gas Pumps In South Jersey Pull up to the gas pumps at South Jersey's newest Wawa store on Thursday and you can also help yourself to some java "on the house."  Wawa's newest store is at 1220 Route 130 in Robbinsville, Mercer County. It officially opens at 9 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 14.

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by Jon Craig
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Where NJ's $1 Million Powerball Ticket Was Sold Where NJ's $1 Million Powerball Ticket Was Sold
Where NJ's $1 Million Powerball Ticket Was Sold A New Jersey lottery ticket worth $1 million was sold in Camden County. The Powerball ticket for the Saturday, Sept. 25 drawing was sold at Shop & Go on Johnson Road in Turnersville. The ticket matched five of the five white balls drawn: 22, 23, 37, 62, and 63. The Red Power Ball number was 19. In addition, one ticket matched four of the five white balls and the Powerball winning $50,000. The ticket was sold at Wawa on New Road in Northfield (Atlantic County).

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by Nicole Acosta
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Wawa Opening Another NJ Location This Week Wawa Opening Another NJ Location This Week
Wawa Opening Another NJ Location This Week Wawa is opening its newest New Jersey location this week. The Route 70 convenience store complete with a dozen gas pumps will open officially on Thursday, July 29 at 8 a.m. An additional 13 stores are planned to open before the end of the year, Wawa's website says. Wawa, 535 Route 70, Brick Township

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by Cecilia Levine
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PD: Woman Who Led Police Pursuits In Stolen Oil Tanker Found 80 Miles Away At Wildwood Wawa PD: Woman Who Led Police Pursuits In Stolen Oil Tanker Found 80 Miles Away At Wildwood Wawa
PD: Woman Who Led Police Pursuits In Stolen Oil Tanker Found 80 Miles Away At Wildwood Wawa A Camden County woman led police on multiple pursuits in a stolen oil tanker truck before being arrested at a Wawa store, nearly 80 miles from where she found the truck, police said. Wildwood police responding to an erratic driver on the 400 block of Rio Grande Avenue around 8:30 p.m. July 24, authorities said.  There, they found a woman later identified as 44-year-old Camille Wescott, of Lawnside, parked near the gas lots of the Wawa, Wildwood police said. Registration showed police that the Taylor tanker truck had been stolen out of Bellmawr, at which point the traffic stop became h…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Goodbye, Chatterbox. Hello, Wawa. Goodbye, Chatterbox. Hello, Wawa.
Goodbye, Chatterbox. Hello, Wawa. The historic and one-of-a-kind Chatterbox Drive-In restaurant in Frankford was being knocked down Tuesday, making way for a new Wawa store. The old-fashioned eatery’s demolition didn’t play out without countless memories resurfacing — like an old copy of a 1968 record by Booker T. & the M.G.’s, according to NJ.com, which documented the project with photographs. Other images depict the 50s- and 60s-themed diner’s walls, some still decorated with 45 rpm records. The main dining area — which hosted a revolving set of vintage cars during the restaurant’s more than 15-year run ending on Lab…

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by Valerie Musson
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WINNERS: Jersey Cash 5 Players Split $586K Jackpot, 1 In Bergen County WINNERS: Jersey Cash 5 Players Split $586K Jackpot, 1 In Bergen County
Winners: Jersey Cash 5 Players Split $586K Jackpot, 1 In Bergen County Two winningJersey Cash 5 tickets were sold in New Jersey. The lucky winners will split the $586,024 jackpot, state officials said. The winning numbers drawn on Friday, March 5, were: 02, 19, 35, 39, and 43 and the XTRA number was: 04. Both players matched all five numbers.  Each ticket is worth $293,012.  Both retailers will receive a bonus check for $2,000 for each winning ticket sold. Those tickets were sold at the following locations: Bergen County: 7-Eleven #29984, 231 Main St., Ridgefield Park; and, Monmouth County: Wawa #8329, 1344 Corlies Ave. in Neptune.

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by Jon Craig
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Beef, It's What's For Dinner At Wawa: All Locations Now Serving Burgers Beef, It's What's For Dinner At Wawa: All Locations Now Serving Burgers
Beef, It's What's For Dinner At Wawa: All Locations Now Serving Burgers Wawa has announced the launch of its new burger at 920 convenience stores on the east coast including Pennsylvania and New Jersey as it kicks off its new dinner platform. Wawa notes that its all-natural Angus burger is already a customer favorite and the top-selling item at its newest drive-thru locations in Falls Township, PA, and Westampton, NJ. Wawa is also giving customers the opportunity to win free burgers for a year on its official website. The sweepstakes form will be active until Feb. 19.  “Wawa is excited to launch our new dinner platform in 2021 with the…

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by Nicole Acosta